Optical navigation device and system with changeable smoothing

ABSTRACT

An optical navigation device including an image sensor, a navigation engine, a smoothing engine and an adjusting interface. The image sensor generates image frames. The navigation engine calculates displacement according to the image frames. The smoothing engine changes a smoothing level for smoothing the calculated displacement according to a trigger signal sent from the adjusting interface.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation application of U.S.application Ser. No. 15/709,666, filed on Sep. 20, 2017, the disclosureof which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Disclosure

This disclosure generally relates to an optical navigation device andsystem, more particularly, to an optical navigation device and systemwith changeable smoothing level.

2. Description of the Related Art

An interactive image system generally includes a navigation device andan image display device. The navigation device may be a mouse or apointing device used to estimate a displacement and to transmit thedisplacement to the image display device. Accordingly, a user canrelatively control the motion of a cursor shown on the image displaydevice by using the navigation device.

However, the displacement sent to the image display device from thenavigation device is a quantized value, and if this quantizeddisplacement is not smoothed, the cursor shown on the image displaydevice will move in a zigzag motion corresponding to the quantizeddisplacement. Accordingly, when a user wants to perform a drawingoperation on the image display device by using the navigation device, itis difficult to draw a graph desired by the user.

However, the improper smoothing parameter can influence the cursormotion outputted by the navigation device. If the smoothing parameter isset too high, it is difficult to real-timely reflect a trace variationdetected by the navigation device so that a sharp motion or a smallrange motion will have a poor performance; on the contrary, if thesmoothing parameter is set too low, a smooth motion is not easy to beobtained.

In addition, the selection of the smoothing level is also influenced bythe latency due to the nature of the smoothing algorithm. The higher thesmoothing level is set, the latency will be more apparent and the usercould have poor user experience.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an optical navigation device and systemwith an adjustment element configured as an interface for a user toadjust the smoothing of the navigation.

The present disclosure provides an optical navigation device coupled toa display and including an adjusting interface, an image sensor and aprocessor. The adjusting interface is configured to generate a triggersignal. The image sensor is configured to capture image frames. Theprocessor is electrically coupled to the image sensor and the adjustinginterface, and configured to calculate displacement according to thecaptured image frames, and control a cursor movement on the displayusing a first smoothing level before receiving the trigger signal, andcontrol the cursor movement on the display using a second smoothinglevel, different from the first smoothing level, after receiving thetrigger signal, wherein the first and second smoothing levels aredifferent numbers of successive image frames being averaged, summed,accumulated or delayed in calculating the displacement.

The present disclosure further provides an optical navigation systemincluding a display, an optical navigation device, an adjustinginterface and a host. The optical navigation device is configured tocapture image frames and output displacement according to the capturedimage frames. The adjusting interface is configured to generate atrigger signal. The host is coupled to the optical navigation device,and configured to receive the outputted displacement, and control acursor movement on the display using a first smoothing level beforereceiving the trigger signal, and control the cursor movement on thedisplay using a second smoothing level, different from the firstsmoothing level, after receiving the trigger signal, wherein the firstand second smoothing levels are different numbers of successive imageframes being averaged, summed, accumulated or delayed in calculating thedisplacement.

The present disclosure further provides an optical navigation systemincluding a display, an adjusting interface, a host and an opticalnavigation device. The adjusting interface is configured to generate atrigger signal. The host is coupled to the adjusting interface andconfigured to output the trigger signal. The optical navigation deviceis configured to capture image frames, calculate displacement accordingto the captured image frames, and control a cursor movement on thedisplay using a first smoothing level before receiving the triggersignal from the host, and control the cursor movement on the displayusing a second smoothing level, different from the first smoothinglevel, after receiving the trigger signal from the host, wherein thefirst and second smoothing levels are different numbers of successiveimage frames being averaged, summed, accumulated or delayed incalculating the displacement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the present disclosurewill become more apparent from the following detailed description whentaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an optical navigation systemaccording to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a processor of an optical navigationdevice according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a smoothing engine being arrangedin a host of an optical navigation system of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a table showing a plurality of predetermined smoothing levels.

FIG. 5 is a table showing a relationship between a plurality ofpredetermined DPI and a plurality of predetermined smoothing levels.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an optical navigation systemaccording to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of an operating method of an optical navigationsystem according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT

It should be noted that, wherever possible, the same reference numberswill be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

Referring to FIG. 1, it is a schematic block diagram of an opticalnavigation system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.The optical navigation system of the present disclosure includes anoptical navigation device 100 and a host 300 communicating to eachother. In some embodiments, the optical navigation system furtherincludes a display 500 coupled to the host 300 for showing interactivepictures. The display 500 is a liquid crystal display, a plasma display,an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display or the like. In someembodiments, the host 300 and the display 500 are formed as one device.

The optical navigation device 100 is, for example, an optical mouse, anoptical finger mouse, an optical pointing device or other opticaldevices capable of detecting movement with respect to a work surface S.The host 300 is, for example, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, acomputer host, a game host or other computers capable of controlling atleast a cursor moving on the display 500. It is appreciated that thehost 300 has other functions in addition to controlling the cursormovement.

The optical navigation system of the present disclosure further includesan adjusting interface 19 configured to generate and output a triggersignal Sa while being operated, wherein said operated is determinedaccording a type of the adjusting interface 19.

For example, the adjusting interface 19 of the present disclosure is apress key, a knob switch, a user interface or other button/switchdevices. If the adjusting interface 19 is a press key, e.g., like a leftkey or right key of a mouse device, said operated is referred to beingpressed by the user. If the adjusting interface 19 is a knob switch,said operated is referred to being rotated by the user. If the adjustinginterface 19 is a user interface, said operated is referred to beingselected on a touch screen or by mouse dragging and button click. Morespecifically, the adjusting interface 19 is a mechanical device or asoftware interface shown on the display 500 to be operated by the user.

In FIG. 1, the optical navigation device 100 is shown to include ahousing 1H as well as a light source 11, an image sensor 13, a processor15, a memory 16, and an I/O interface 17 disposed inside the housing 1H.The housing 1H is for being moved with respect to a work surface S,wherein the work surface S is determined according to a type of theoptical navigation device 100. For example, if the optical navigationdevice 100 is an optical mouse, the work surface S is generally referredto a table surface, a paper surface, a mouse pad surface, a glasssurface or other surfaces on which the optical mouse is operated. If theoptical navigation device 100 is an optical finger mouse, the worksurface S is a skin surface, e.g., a finger surface. If the opticalnavigation device 100 is an optical pointing device, the work surface Sis not directly in contact with a surface (e.g., bottom surface) of theoptical navigation device 100.

In FIG. 1, the adjusting interface 19 is arranged on a surface of thehousing 1H to be easily operated by a user, and electrically coupled tothe processor 15 via a signal line to transmit the trigger signal Sa. Itshould be mentioned that although FIG. 1 shows that the adjustinginterface 19 is arranged on a top surface of the housing 1H, it is onlyintended to illustrate but not to limit the present disclosure. In otherembodiments, the adjusting interface 19 is arranged at any surface ofthe housing 1H without particular limitations.

The optical navigation device 100 captures image frames and outputdisplacement with respect to the work surface S according to thecaptured image frames. In the present disclosure, the displacementoutputted, at a fixed or adaptive report rate, by the optical navigationdevice 100 is smoothed or not smoothed depending on the position of asmoothing engine (described below). The optical navigation device 100 isdescribed herein by an optical mouse as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6 forillustration purposes.

The light source 11 emits an identifiable spectrum such as red light orinfrared light, but not limited to, to illuminate the work surface S viaan opening at a bottom surface of the housing 1H. Preferably, theidentifiable spectrum is not sensed by human eyes. The light source 11is a coherent light source, a partially coherent light source or anon-coherent light source without particular limitations, e.g., a LED ora laser diode.

The image sensor 13 is a CMOS image sensor, a CCD image sensor or otheroptical sensors capable of detecting light and output image data. In theembodiment of FIG. 1, the image sensor 13 captures image frames Im ofthe work surface S. It should be mentioned that although FIG. 1 showsthe bright field arrangement of the image sensor 13, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the imagesensor 13 is arranged as the dark field arrangement.

The processor 15 is a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller(MCU) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). Theprocessor 15 is electrically coupled to the image sensor 15 via a signalline or a bus line to communicate control signals and image signalstherebetween. The processor 15 calculates displacement of the opticalnavigation device 100 with respect to the work surface S according tothe image frames Im captured by and received from the image sensor 13.The methods of calculating the displacement according to the capturedimage frames Im is known to the art, e.g., by comparing two imageframes, and thus details thereof are not described herein.

As mentioned above, the optical navigation system has an adjustinginterface 19 for changing a smoothing level on the displacement beingcalculated. In the present disclosure, said smoothing is eitherperformed in the optical navigation device 100 or in the host 300(described below).

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a schematic diagram showing that thesmoothing is performed in the optical navigation device 100. In thisembodiment, the processor 15 includes a navigation engine 151 and asmoothing engine 153. The navigation engine 151 calculates thedisplacement (not being smoothed) according to the image frames Im sentfrom the image sensor 13, and said displacement calculation isimplemented by hardware, firmware, software or a combination thereof. Itshould be mentioned that although FIG. 2 shows the navigation engine 151and the smoothing engine 153 as two function blocks, it is only intendedto illustrate but not to limit the present disclosure. It is consideredthat the functions of the navigation engine 151 and the smoothing engine153 are both performed by the processor 15.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 again, the processor 15 (or the smoothingengine 153 thereof) receives a trigger signal Sa from the adjustinginterface 19 when the adjusting interface 19 is operated. The smoothingengine 153 smooths the calculated displacement according to a firstsmoothing level before receiving the trigger signal Sa, and smooths thecalculated displacement according to a second smoothing level afterreceiving the trigger signal Sa from the adjusting interface 19, whereinthe first smoothing level is different from the second smoothing level.In one embodiment, the trigger signal Sa is only used to alter asmoothing level (or referred to smoothing strength) of the opticalnavigation device 100.

The smoothing of the calculated displacement is implemented by hardware,firmware, software or a combination thereof. Generally, the smoothinglevel is adjusted or altered by changing a number of successive imageframes Im being used such as averaged, summed, accumulated and/ordelayed, but not limited to, in a smoothing algorithm. One of asmoothing algorithm is referred to U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/605,007, filed on Jan. 26, 2015, assigned to the same assignee of thepresent disclosure, and the full disclosure of which is incorporatedherein by reference. In said smoothing algorithm, if a tab number isaltered, the smoothing strength is changeable.

In order to allow a user to be able to select different smoothinglevels, the memory 16 (e.g., a volatile memory or non-volatile memory)previously stores a plurality of predetermined smoothing levels. Forexample, FIG. 4 shows one example of a plurality of predeterminedsmoothing levels previously stored in the memory 16. Although the locusis more smoothed by using a higher tab number (i.e. higher smoothinglevel), it is seen that the latency is also increased when the highersmoothing level is selected. By using the present disclosure, the useris able to select the desired smoothing strength based on a better userexperience, which is affected by the latency. It is appreciated thatvalues in FIG. 4 are only intended to illustrate but not to limit thepresent disclosure. It is noted that the tab number shown in FIG. 4 isone example of indicating the smoothing level. In other embodiments, thenumber of image frames being used in a smoothing algorithm is indicatedby other smoothing parameters depending on the used smoothing algorithm.

In one embodiment, the processor 15 (or the smoothing engine 153) altersa current smoothing level by one step (e.g., from one of 1-10 levelsshown in FIG. 4 to an adjacent one) after receiving the trigger signalSa from the adjusting interface 19, e.g., the adjusting interface 19being a press key. In another embodiment, the processor 15 (or thesmoothing engine 153) alters a current smoothing level to a selectedsmoothing level among the predetermined smoothing levels (e.g., among1-10 levels shown in FIG. 4) when receiving the trigger signal Sa fromthe adjusting interface 19, e.g., the adjusting interface 19 being aknob switch or user interface.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 alters both a dot-per-inch (dpi)setting and a smoothing level of the optical navigation device 100according to the trigger signal Sa. For example, when the dot-per-inchsetting (or referred to resolution) is altered higher, the smoothinglevel is altered higher; whereas when the dot-per-inch setting isaltered smaller, the smoothing level is altered lower. In this case, thememory 16 previously stores a relationship between a plurality ofpredetermined dot-per-inch setting and a plurality of predeterminedsmoothing levels. For example, FIG. 5 shows a relationship betweendifferent predetermined DIP with respect to different numbers of taps.As shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4, a number of taps indicates thesmoothing level used in the smoothing engine 153. As shown in FIG. 5,the latency is increased with the increment of the DPI and the tapnumber. A user is able to select (e.g., one step each time or by directselection) a desired DPI and a corresponding smoothing level based on abetter user experience, which is affected by the latency. It isappreciated that values shown in FIG. 5 are only intended to illustratebut not to limit the present disclosure.

In another embodiment, the smoothing is performed in the host 300instead of in the optical navigation device 100. Referring to FIG. 3, itis a schematic diagram showing a smoothing engine 33 arranged in a host300 of an optical navigation system according to one embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

In this embodiment, the host 300 includes an input interface 31 coupledto the I/O interface 17 of the optical navigation device 100. The I/Ointerface 17 of the optical navigation device 100 and the inputinterface 31 of the host 300 are the wired or wireless interfaces tocommunicate to each other. The wired and wireless techniques are wellknown to the art and thus details thereof are not described herein.

In this embodiment, the optical navigation device 100 calculates thedisplacement ΔD but does not smooth the calculated displacement ΔD. TheI/O interface 17 of the optical navigation device 100 outputs thenon-smoothed displacement ΔD and the trigger signal Sa. The host 300receives the non-smoothed displacement ΔD and the trigger signal Sa viathe input interface 31. The host 300 includes a smoothing engine 33,which is substantially identical to the smoothing engine 153 asmentioned above, used to smooth the received displacement ΔD accordingto a first smoothing level before receiving the trigger signal Sa, andsmooth the received displacement ΔD according to a second smoothinglevel after receiving the trigger signal Sa from the optical navigationdevice 100, wherein the first smoothing level is different from thesecond smoothing level. The smoothing engine 33 is integrated in acentral processing unit (CPU) or a microcontroller (MCU) of the host 300and implemented by hardware, software, firmware or a combinationthereof. The smoothed displacement ΔDs is then sent to the display 500for the cursor control.

Similarly, the host 300 (e.g., the CPU or MCU thereof) also alters adot-per-inch setting and a smoothing level according to the triggersignal Sa. Accordingly, the host 300 includes a memory (e.g., a volatilememory or non-volatile memory) configured to store a relationshipbetween a plurality of predetermined dot-per-inch setting and aplurality of predetermined smoothing levels, e.g., as FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 6, it is a schematic block diagram of a navigationsystem according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Inthis embodiment, an adjusting interface 39 is arranged on the host 300(e.g., on a casing thereof) or an adjusting interface 39′ is arranged onanother input device 700 coupled to the host 300, wherein said anotherinput device 700 is wired or wirelessly coupled to the host 300. In thisembodiment, said another input device 700 is a keyboard, a joystick, atouch device or a graphic interface shown on the display 500. That is,the input device 700 is any known input device as long as it isdifferent from the optical navigation device 100 which is used totransmit the displacement ΔD to the host 300. It is appreciated thatalthough FIG. 6 shows two adjusting interfaces 39 and 39′, it is onlyintended to illustrate but not to limit the present disclosure. Only onewill be enough to implement the function of generating a trigger signalSa′.

In this embodiment, the host 300 includes an I/O interface 37 forcommunicating with the I/O interface 17 of the optical navigation device100. Accordingly, when the adjusting interface 39 or 39′ is operated,the host 300 (e.g., the CPU or MCU thereof) outputs (via the I/Ointerface 37) the trigger signal Sa′ to the optical navigation device100.

As mentioned above, the optical navigation device 100 captures imageframes Im of a work surface S, e.g., using the image sensor 13, andcalculates displacement ΔD with respect to the work surface S accordingto the captured image frames Im.

Similarly, the smoothing of the present disclosure is performed by theoptical navigation device 100 or the host 300. In the aspect of FIG. 2,the optical navigation device 100 (e.g., processor 15) smooth thecalculated displacement ΔD according to a first smoothing level beforereceiving the trigger signal Sa′, and smooth the calculated displacementΔD according to a second smoothing level after receiving the triggersignal Sa′ from the host 300, wherein the first smoothing level isdifferent from the second smoothing level. Then, the processor 15transmits the smoothed displacement ΔDs (via the I/O interface 17) tothe host 300 (via the I/O interface 37). The host 300 then sends thesmoothed displacement ΔDs to the display 500 for controlling the cursormovement. The I/O interface 37 is similar to the I/O interface 17 andimplemented by wired or wireless techniques.

In the aspect of FIG. 3, the optical navigation device 300 transmits thecalculated displacement ΔD (via the I/O interface 17) to the host 300(via the I/O interface 37). The host 300 (e.g., the CPU or MCU thereof)smooth the received displacement ΔD according to a first smoothing levelbefore receiving the trigger signal Sa′, and smooth the receiveddisplacement ΔD according to a second smoothing level after receivingthe trigger signal Sa′ from the adjusting interface 39 or 39′, whereinthe first smoothing level is different from the second smoothing level.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the optical navigation device 100 or thehost 300 adjusts the dpi setting and smoothing level simultaneouslybased on the relationship therebetween, e.g., as FIG. 5, previouslystored in the memory. It is appreciated that said memory is arranged inthe optical navigation device 100 in the arrangement of FIG. 2 but inthe host 300 in the arrangement of FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 7, it is an operating method of an optical navigationsystem according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, which isadaptable to both FIGS. 1 and 6 mentioned above. The operating method ofthis embodiment includes the steps of: capturing, by an image sensor,image frames of a work surface (Step S71); calculating, by a processor,displacement according to the captured image frames (Step S73);smoothing, by a smoothing engine, the calculated displacement accordingto a first smoothing level (Step S75); receiving a trigger signal froman adjusting interface by the smoothing engine (Step S77); andsmoothing, by the smoothing engine, the calculated displacementaccording to a second smoothing level after receiving the triggersignal, wherein the second smoothing level is different from the firstsmoothing level (Step S79).

Referring to FIGS. 1-7, details of the operating method of thisembodiment are described below.

Steps S31 and S33:

The image sensor 13 of the optical navigation device 100 captures imageframes Im of a work surface S at a sampling frequency corresponding tothe light emission of the light source 11. The processor 15 calculatesdisplacement ΔD with respect to the work surface S according to thecaptured image frames Im, e.g., by calculating correlation between twoimage frames Im.

In some embodiments, the light source 11 emits light alternatively indifferent brightness, and the processor 15 calculates differentialimages between image frames Im corresponding to the different brightnessto remove noises from ambient light, and thus the image frames forcalculating the displacement become differential images. And theprocessor 15 calculates the displacement ΔD using the differentialimages, e.g., comparing two differential images.

Step S75:

When the optical navigation device 10 starts to work, a smoothing engine(in the optical navigation device 100 or in the host 300) smooths thecalculated displacement ΔD according to a predetermined smoothing level,e.g., a first smoothing level. The predetermined smoothing level is setas one, e.g., a middle one, but not limited to, of a plurality ofpre-stored smoothing levels.

Step S77:

Then, the calculated displacement ΔD will be smoothed by a differentsmoothing level after a trigger signal Sa is generated. As mentionedabove, the adjusting interface is either disposed on the opticalnavigation device 100 as shown in FIG. 1 or disposed on the host 300 oranother input device 700 coupled to the host 300 as shown in FIG. 6.

As mentioned above, the smoothing engine is either arranged in theoptical navigation device 100 or in the host 300. If the smoothingengine and the adjusting interface are arranged in the same side (i.e. aside of the optical navigation device 100 or the host 300), thesmoothing engine directly receives the trigger signal from the adjustinginterface. If the smoothing engine and the adjusting interface arearranged at different sides (i.e. one in the optical navigation device100 and the other in the host 300), the smoothing engine receives thetrigger signal through wired or wireless communication between theoptical navigation device 100 and the host 300.

Step S79:

Finally, the smoothing engine smooth the calculated displacement ΔDaccording to a second smoothing level after receiving the triggersignal, wherein the second smoothing level is different from the firstsmoothing level.

As mentioned above, based on the location of the smoothing engine, theoptical navigation device 100 transmits the displacement ΔD (notsmoothed) or the smoothed displacement ΔDs to the host 300; and the host300 (e.g., the CPU or MCU thereof) directly sends the smootheddisplacement ΔDs to the display 500 or smooth the non-smootheddisplacement ΔD to the smoothed displacement ΔDs at first and then thesmoothed displacement ΔDs is sent to the display 500.

It is possible to set the smoothing level, each time the opticalnavigation device 300 being turned on, at a predetermined smoothinglevel or at the last smoothing level being selected before the opticalnavigation device 300 was turned off or entered a sleep mode or a lowpower mode.

As mentioned above, a smoothing level of the conventional navigationdevice cannot be altered by a user such that the user may not have agood user experience by using the uncontrollable smoothing. Therefore,the present disclosure further provides an optical navigation device, anoptical navigation system (as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6) and an operatingmethod thereof (as shown in FIG. 7) that provide an adjusting interfaceto be operated by a user to select a desired smoothing level in realtime. In addition, as the outputted locus of the optical navigationdevice is also influenced by the tracking resolution, the adjustinginterface is also used to alter the desired dot-per-inch resolutionsimultaneously.

Although the disclosure has been explained in relation to its preferredembodiment, it is not used to limit the disclosure. It is to beunderstood that many other possible modifications and variations can bemade by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit andscope of the disclosure as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical navigation device, coupled to adisplay, the optical navigation device comprising: an adjustinginterface configured to generate a trigger signal; an image sensorconfigured to capture image frames; and a processor electrically coupledto the image sensor and the adjusting interface, and configured tocalculate displacement according to the captured image frames, andcontrol a cursor movement on the display using a first smoothing levelbefore receiving the trigger signal, and control the cursor movement onthe display using a second smoothing level, different from the firstsmoothing level, after receiving the trigger signal, wherein the firstand second smoothing levels are different numbers of successive imageframes being averaged, summed, accumulated or delayed in calculating thedisplacement.
 2. The optical navigation device as claimed in claim 1,wherein the trigger signal is only configured to alter a smoothing levelof the optical navigation device.
 3. The optical navigation device asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to altera dot-per-inch setting of the optical navigation device according to thetrigger signal.
 4. The optical navigation device as claimed in claim 3,wherein when the dot-per-inch setting is altered higher, the smoothinglevel is altered higher; and when the dot-per-inch setting is alteredsmaller, the smoothing level is altered lower.
 5. The optical navigationdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting interface is a presskey, a knob switch or a user interface.
 6. The optical navigation deviceas claimed in claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store aplurality of predetermined smoothing levels, and the processor isconfigured to alter a current smoothing level by one step when receivingthe trigger signal.
 7. The optical navigation device as claimed in claim1, further comprising a memory configured to store a plurality ofpredetermined smoothing levels, and the processor is configured to altera current smoothing level to a selected smoothing level among thepredetermined smoothing levels when receiving the trigger signal.
 8. Anoptical navigation system, comprising: a display; an optical navigationdevice configured to capture image frames and output displacementaccording to the captured image frames; an adjusting interfaceconfigured to generate a trigger signal; and a host coupled to theoptical navigation device, and configured to receive the outputteddisplacement, and control a cursor movement on the display using a firstsmoothing level before receiving the trigger signal, and control thecursor movement on the display using a second smoothing level, differentfrom the first smoothing level, after receiving the trigger signal,wherein the first and second smoothing levels are different numbers ofsuccessive image frames being averaged, summed, accumulated or delayedin calculating the displacement.
 9. The optical navigation system asclaimed in claim 8, wherein the adjusting interface is arranged on theoptical navigation device.
 10. The optical navigation system as claimedin claim 8, wherein the adjusting interface is arranged on the host. 11.The optical navigation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein theadjusting interface is arranged on an input device coupled to the host.12. The optical navigation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein theadjusting interface is a press key, a knob switch or a user interface.13. The optical navigation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein thehost is further configured to alter a dot-per-inch setting according tothe trigger signal.
 14. The optical navigation system as claimed inclaim 13, wherein the host comprises a memory configured to store arelationship between a plurality of predetermined dot-per-inch settingand a plurality of predetermined smoothing levels.
 15. An opticalnavigation system, comprising: a display; an adjusting interfaceconfigured to generate a trigger signal; a host coupled to the adjustinginterface and configured to output the trigger signal; and an opticalnavigation device configured to capture image frames, calculatedisplacement according to the captured image frames, and control acursor movement on the display using a first smoothing level beforereceiving the trigger signal from the host, and control the cursormovement on the display using a second smoothing level, different fromthe first smoothing level, after receiving the trigger signal from thehost, wherein the first and second smoothing levels are differentnumbers of successive image frames being averaged, summed, accumulatedor delayed in calculating the displacement.
 16. The optical navigationsystem as claimed in claim 15, wherein the adjusting interface isarranged on a casing of the host.
 17. The optical navigation system asclaimed in claim 15, wherein the adjusting interface is arranged on aninput device coupled to the host.
 18. The optical navigation system asclaimed in claim 15, wherein the adjusting interface is a press key, aknob switch or a user interface.
 19. The optical navigation system asclaimed in claim 15, wherein the optical navigation device is furtherconfigured to alter a dot-per-inch setting of the optical navigationdevice according to the trigger signal.
 20. The optical navigationsystem as claimed in claim 19, wherein the optical navigation devicecomprises a memory configured to store a relationship between aplurality of predetermined dot-per-inch setting and a plurality ofpredetermined smoothing levels.